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Are there any casualties?

Daud Waziri, spokesman for the Afghan defence ministry, told AFP: “Unfortunately, more than 30 people were killed and 50 injured in the attack today, mainly patients, doctors and nurses, as well as the four attackers.”

What eyewitnesses say

Hospital workers said a number of gunman were inside the building during the attack.

One told reporters he saw a gunman, dressed in a white doctor’s coat, take out a concealed AK-47 and open fire. At least one patient and health worker died, the eyewitness said.

Media reports quote a doctor as saying a blast was detonated at the hospital, after which gunmen opened fire.